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Our free will exercise according to the Will of the one we offer ourselves as an obedient slave to...to sin or to righteousness
Then you are saying you will be obedient?
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Hello,
Our free will exercise according to the Will of the one we offer ourselves as an obedient slave to...to sin or to righteousness
That is about right except it is different from what you said before. The scripture is not God it is a written record inspired by God and that is an important fact to grasp and retain.Yes but the written word of the prophets, psalms etc through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit is about Chris the (The Word of God)...
Doing the wil of God is to believe that Jesus is the son of God. Doing evil is rejecting. That is what determines our eternal fate.
Maybe try read Romans 7:18-24, Paul illustrate how powerful sin is...verse 18, For I know that good itself doesnot dwell in me, that is in my sinful nature. For I have desire to do what is good but I CANNOT CARRY IT OUT....verse 20....."but it is SIN living in me that does.Nope. The choice is to come...or not. I have found that those who think are are so obedient sometimes have more talk than walk anyhow.
Okay...Sorry cannot write proper englishThat is about right except it is different from what you said before. The scripture is not God it is a written record inspired by God and that is an important fact to grasp and retain.
If I'm still sinning which I am still, then I am a slave to sin...and in saying that God gives us knowledge so we can know Him and grow to obedient to righteousness until All righteousness is fulfilled in us this is when the Spirit of Christ enters and make our hearts His house to live in...Then you are saying you will be obedient?
Good.
Hello, you cannot believe someone unless you really know that person and you cannot know that person unless he/she reveals or open up to you...This is the same as knowing God and His Son, Only the Son knows the Father so as only the Father knows the Son..That's it!!! So believing in Jesus is only the work of God...1Corins1:30, " It is because of Him (God) That You are in Christ Jesus....Doing the wil of God is to believe that Jesus is the son of God. Doing evil is rejecting. That is what determines our eternal fate.
I agree, but when someone is born, she or he still need to rely on parents for food, clothes, protection etc...So also when we're born of the Spirit is the Spirit that teaches us to grow and to become like Christ the Image and likeness of the Father...So a fully grown or mature Christian will be like Christ...1John2:6 " Whoever claims to live in him (God) must live as Jesus did"...
If I'm still sinning which I am still, then I am a slave to sin...and in saying that God gives us knowledge so we can know Him and grow to obedient to righteousness until All righteousness is fulfilled in us this is when the Spirit of Christ enters and make our hearts His house to live in...
Continuing belief-faith is necessary for
continuing salvation-eternal life
“… whoever believes [continues to believe] in Him may have [may continue to have] eternal life. For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes [continues to believe] in Him should not perish but have [continue to have] eternal life.” (John 3:15-16)
These verbs in Greek and English are in the
present tense … always believing and having!
Everything is CONDITIONAL … so …
Those who endure in the faith to the end
keep their righteous standing with God!
Continuing belief-faith is necessary for
continuing salvation-eternal life
“… whoever believes [continues to believe] in Him may have [may continue to have] eternal life. For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes [continues to believe] in Him should not perish but have [continue to have] eternal life.” (John 3:15-16)
These verbs in Greek and English are in the
present tense … always believing and having!
“He has reconciled in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy, and blameless, and above reproach in His sight — IF indeed you continue in the faith … and are not moved away from the hope of the gospel” (Colossians 1:22-23)
“It is this Good News (the gospel) that saves you, IF you continue to believe the message I told you” (1 Corinthians 15:1-2)
“So we must listen very carefully to the truth we have heard, or we may drift away from it … every act of disobedience was punished. So what makes us think we can escape, IF we ignore this great salvation” (Hebrews 2:1-3)
“And we are God’s house, IF we keep our courage and remain confident in our hope in Christ …
Make sure that your own hearts are not evil and unbelieving, turning you away from the living God … so that none of you will be deceived by sin and hardened against God. For IF we are faithful to the end, trusting God just as firmly as when we first believed, we will share in all that belongs to Christ.” (Hebrews 3:6,12-14)
“IF we endure, we shall also reign with Him.”
(2 Timothy 2:12)
“… follow the example of those who are going to inherit God’s promises because of their faith and endurance.” (Hebrews 6:11-12)
“Patient endurance is what you need, so that you will continue to do God’s will. Then you will receive all that he has promised. … ‘And my righteous ones will live by faith. But I will take no pleasure in anyone who turns away.’ But we are not like those who turn away from God to their own destruction (eternal death).” (Hebrews 10:36-39)
“Stay true to what is right (the true gospel) for
the sake of your own salvation and the salvation
of those who hear you.” (1 Timothy 4:16)
“… work out your own salvation with fear
and trembling … holding fast the word of life,
so that I may rejoice in the day of Christ
that I have not run in vain or labored in vain.”
(Philippians 2:12,16)
If they fail to endure, Paul has wasted his efforts!
“... you have been grieved by various trials
that the genuineness of your faith … though it is
tested by fire … receiving the end of your faith
— the salvation of your souls.” (1 Peter 1:7-9)
This has nothing to do with rewards …
“God blesses those who patiently endure testing and temptation. Afterward they will receive the crown of (eternal) life that God has promised to those who love him.” (James 1:12)
4 times in John 14, Jesus said (paraphrasing): Those
who love Me will obey (keep) My commandments.
“God’s holy people must endure persecution patiently, obeying his commands and maintaining their faith in Jesus.” (Revelation 14:12)
Because of all of the above verses,
this also refers to salvation …
“But the one who endures to the end
(of his/her life) will be saved.”
(Matthew 10:22, Matthew 24:13, Mark 13:13)
Everything is CONDITIONAL … so …
Those who endure in the faith to the end
keep their righteous standing with God!
What you are missing is the new creation we experience that loves righteousness and hates sin. Which lives a holy life by nature. It's like saying a cat must remain a cat or not go to cat heaven.Continuing belief-faith is necessary for
continuing salvation-eternal life
“… whoever believes [continues to believe] in Him may have [may continue to have] eternal life. For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes [continues to believe] in Him should not perish but have [continue to have] eternal life.” (John 3:15-16)
These verbs in Greek and English are in the
present tense … always believing and having!
“He has reconciled in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy, and blameless, and above reproach in His sight — IF indeed you continue in the faith … and are not moved away from the hope of the gospel” (Colossians 1:22-23)
“It is this Good News (the gospel) that saves you, IF you continue to believe the message I told you” (1 Corinthians 15:1-2)
“So we must listen very carefully to the truth we have heard, or we may drift away from it … every act of disobedience was punished. So what makes us think we can escape, IF we ignore this great salvation” (Hebrews 2:1-3)
“And we are God’s house, IF we keep our courage and remain confident in our hope in Christ …
Make sure that your own hearts are not evil and unbelieving, turning you away from the living God … so that none of you will be deceived by sin and hardened against God. For IF we are faithful to the end, trusting God just as firmly as when we first believed, we will share in all that belongs to Christ.” (Hebrews 3:6,12-14)
“IF we endure, we shall also reign with Him.”
(2 Timothy 2:12)
“… follow the example of those who are going to inherit God’s promises because of their faith and endurance.” (Hebrews 6:11-12)
“Patient endurance is what you need, so that you will continue to do God’s will. Then you will receive all that he has promised. … ‘And my righteous ones will live by faith. But I will take no pleasure in anyone who turns away.’ But we are not like those who turn away from God to their own destruction (eternal death).” (Hebrews 10:36-39)
“Stay true to what is right (the true gospel) for
the sake of your own salvation and the salvation
of those who hear you.” (1 Timothy 4:16)
“… work out your own salvation with fear
and trembling … holding fast the word of life,
so that I may rejoice in the day of Christ
that I have not run in vain or labored in vain.”
(Philippians 2:12,16)
If they fail to endure, Paul has wasted his efforts!
“... you have been grieved by various trials
that the genuineness of your faith … though it is
tested by fire … receiving the end of your faith
— the salvation of your souls.” (1 Peter 1:7-9)
This has nothing to do with rewards …
“God blesses those who patiently endure testing and temptation. Afterward they will receive the crown of (eternal) life that God has promised to those who love him.” (James 1:12)
4 times in John 14, Jesus said (paraphrasing): Those
who love Me will obey (keep) My commandments.
“God’s holy people must endure persecution patiently, obeying his commands and maintaining their faith in Jesus.” (Revelation 14:12)
Because of all of the above verses,
this also refers to salvation …
“But the one who endures to the end
(of his/her life) will be saved.”
(Matthew 10:22, Matthew 24:13, Mark 13:13)
Everything is CONDITIONAL … so …
Those who endure in the faith to the end
keep their righteous standing with God!
This post #27 of yours is outstanding!There are conditions to salvation.
... The world is full of people that call themselves Christians, but live just as Adam did, justifying his flesh and excusing his sin against God.
And I have added this verse to post #2 ...
“But IF you remain faithful even when facing death, I will give you the crown of (eternal) life” (Revelation 2:10)
Yes, I can prove from the NT that ...
the crown of life refers to eternal life!
Of course, this is like Ephesians 2:8-9Titus 3:4,5 "But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, he saved us not because of righteous things we have done, but because of His mercy.."
As per dozens of dire warnings in the NT.A person who keeps sinning doesn't belong to Christ.
Romans 8:9
Salvation in Christ is unconditional. Those who endure in faith to the end GIVE EVIDENCE of their righteous standing before God! The former lives by self righteous works of merit the latter lives by faith in the Son of God and His merits of righteousness alone.
Salvation in Christ is true IF you have been born again of the Spirit of Christ. Do you know what that means? After all the demons know who Jesus is but are not saved. A person, saved or unsaved, act according to their nature. Those who sin are slaves of sin, and are unsaved doing what comes naturally to them. Someone who is born again of the Spirit of Christ will live according to their new nature that hates sin and does not indulge in things of the old dead nature.